The owner of the Google Doc is Orin Kerr (Prof. at UC Berkeley) if it makes you feel any better or worse https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1681018140724166657

I believe that’s only the case when opening a non-public doc (such as one shared with your entire company).

Right click -> open incognito

Be careful in Vegas btw

Source? I've wondered about that but had the opposite impression.